What are citizen's assemblies, and how might they address challenges faced with representative democracy around the world today?

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How do we define progress, and how do we go about achieving it?  How are our current notions of progress catastrophically problematic, creating much bigger problems than they solve?  What would authentic progress look like, and how might we go about achieving it?

How can shared and purpose-driven economic models overcome the barriers they face operating in the dominant, extractive economy?  This conversation explores how progressive companies are working together at the frontiers of today's economy to enable resilience, competitiveness, and access to capital.

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How can we distribute power and govern in a way that is most reflective of our collective objectives? How can we balance autonomy with alignment to best realize our shared goals?

What are the social and economic costs of widespread unresolved trauma? What does trauma do to our bodies and brains? What is required to heal trauma at it's root in our nervous systems?

How do we inadvertently show up to conflict in a way that harms rather than restores our relationships? How have cultural norms influenced our beliefs, narratives, and behaviors? How can we reorient within a new paradigm that results in more connection, intimacy, and love in our lives?

What does it mean to live an authentic life? Why is living authentically so central to Denizen's vision of humanity flourishing in harmony with life on earth? What is the work required to align with our true selves?

What are alternative ways people are defining family in the modern era?  What systemic changes are needed culturally and institutionally to support a more diverse definition of family?

What does consensual non-monogamy have to do with systems change?  Jenny and Jessica discuss how personal and relational growth in the context of consensual non-monogamy yields important lessons for social justice, culture, and consciousness.

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Our optimal zone refers to the state of our nervous system when we are calm, confident, clear headed, and creative.  We move into our defensive zone when we are triggered; there we are more prone to escalating conflict, less empathetic, and less able to engage in rational thought.  In this episode we discuss how we can become more resilient in remaining in our optimal zone.

How might we promote and sustain human prosperity and well being in an economy of permanence? John Fullerton takes his cues from stable, healthy living systems to formulate eight principles for a regenerative economy.

How can art contribute to systemic change?  Design Science Studio co-founder Roxi Shohadaee shares her insights from working with hundreds of artists across myriad disciplines.

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What is stakeholder capitalism? What is required to truly instantiate stakeholder decision making in the governance of companies?

How might we move beyond polarization and integrate the truths held in opposing points of view?  Storyteller and producer Stephanie Lepp shares with us her tools and strategies to, in her words, "leave no insight behind" -- a skill essential to address the challenges of our time.

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What does consensual non monogamy have to do with systemic change? It turns out, a lot. This is part one of a two part series exploring love, relationships, and relating in the modern era.

What is out there, now, that represents a market-based economy beyond capitalism? Post Growth Institute Founder Donnie Maclurcan shares his views on what's working around the world today and his theory of change towards the next economy.

How does technology amplify outrage and disrupt democracy?  What can we learn from the history of media?  How might we intervene to restore a more healthy information ecosystem?

How might we design our organizations and institutions to align incentives for all stakeholders? Taking inspiration from small, kin-based groups, Joon Yun asks how we can scale such dynamics globally.

How might we inspire humans to think on the time scale of civilization?  What can we learn about long term thinking from the world's most enduring organizations?  Long Now Foundation's Executive Director reflects on his learnings from 25 years in his role.

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What is sociocracy? How does it enable decentralization and a more equitable distribution of power within organizations?

What is long-term capitalism?  How can policy makers, business leaders, investors, and third parties establish long term behavior across the economy?

How might we address the misalignment of the outcomes of big technology companies and our broader societal objectives?  Stanford Professors Jeremy Weinstein and Rob Reich share insights and recommendations from their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong And How We Can Reboot.

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What is Game B? We sit down with the founders of this alternative civilization movement to understand its genesis, central tenets, and current state.

What is embodied leadership?  Learn how the Post Growth Institute combines an asset-based approach with sociocracy and lean processes to establish a radically progressive, post growth organization.

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What are the narratives and paradigms that need to shift to facilitate a transition to a just, regenerative future? How do various mediums such as music, art, and film enable such changes to occur?

What is governance? What are the attributes of the governance processes necessary to address the challenges humanity faces today? How might we acknowledge the limitations of human cognition while enabling collective action at scale?

What attributes define gift economies? How do they establish an economy that is relational vs. transactional, facilitating interconnection vs. individualism? How do gift economies mirror nature?

What is the distinction between universal basic income and guaranteed income? What are the theoretical and practical arguments for these policies? What experiments and evidence are underway in the United States today?

Partnerism is a socio-economic system where all relationships, institutions, policies, and organizations are based on principles of equitable partnership that supports hierarchies of actualization rather than hierarchies of domination.

Can decentralized social media address the ailments of the dominant, centralized model of social media today? What are the big debates in this nascent and rapidly evolving ecosystem?

If we care about having a just society, we must acknowledge and repair from harms of the past. How can atone, especially for injustices that have perpetuated for hundreds of years?

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What is systems thinking? How does one design interventions to influence a system? How do the systems underlying our socio-economic structures reflect our traumas, beliefs, and values?

What role does art play in activism? What makes street art especially impactful? How can artists achieve their goals with limited budgets?

How does our role as parents relate to our desire to foster systemic change? Why don't we value parenting in our current cultural context? How might we propagate new narratives that see parenting as essential for creating a better future?

What is Modern Monetary Theory? How does it challenge how we think about money, government spending, federal deficit and debt, taxes and bonds, unemployment, and monetary policy?

Buckminster Fuller was one of the most prolific and prescient systems thinkers of the 20th century.  What essential ideas of his should we be aware of as we consider changing our socio-economic systems?

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How are social media platforms governed? How might we design products and processes to revitalize community and cultivate values that are essential to civic discourse? What can we learn from the fields of sociology and criminal justice?

How do pervasive paradigms of patriarchy, dominance, competition, and scarcity influence the way we relate to one another? How might we engage in a way that stems from paradigms of interconnection, cooperation, and abundance?

What mindsets took hold in Western culture during the Age of Enlightenment? What are the their blind spots that inhibit our ability to address the greatest challenges of today?  How might we expand on what The Enlightenment had to offer?

What is a co-op? How does this corporate governance model enable a more equitable, just economy? What distinguishes co-ops from other forms of multi-stakeholder corporate governance?

This episodes explores a very personal and universal topic: grief.  We explore the experience of grief at the individual level and then draw out the implications of society's relationship to grief and death for systems change.

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Steward ownership is form of corporate governance that truly instantiates a purpose driven economy and addresses capitalisms most fatal flaws. For anyone interested in redesigning our economic institutions, this is a must listen.

Why is trust foundational for systems change?  How might we restore trust within ourselves and amongst each other?

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What are some of the fundamental flaws of capitalism? How might we instantiate a market-based economy that is growth agnostic?

What is liberatory technology? How might we enable a technology ecosystem that centers our collective well-being?

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In this fireside chat with Elena Brower we touch on many topics to date, adding richness to previous conversations and integrating them with one another.

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Bobby Klein was a multi-modal spiritual elder who integrated clinical psychology, Jungian analysis, Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese medicine, and many indigenous traditions.  He died a year ago; this episode honors his legacy.

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